'Lempicka' showcases a little-known queer artist's dazzling life
Once the toast of 1920s Paris, Tamara de Lempicka's story is now on Broadway. She was a modernist art deco artist who's better known in Europe than in the U.S.
by Jeff Lunden
Apr 13, 2024
3 minutes
Musicals can be inspired by a variety of sources. Just this spring, three shows based on books that were turned into movies have opened on Broadway: Water for Elephants, The Notebook and The Outsiders.
But the new musical Lempicka is truly an original.
Librettist Carson Kreitzer was inspired by paintings by modernist art deco artist Tamara de Lempicka, who's better known in Europe than in the United States.
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